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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

OCTAVE SPECIALTY GROUP INC

OSG · NYSE · CIK 0000874501 · Financial Services · Insurance—Specialty

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

0 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window

14 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
0 sales · 14 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchase2026-01-02 · LeBlanc Claude · $91.1K

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityNone
Recent buyingNone
Recent salesNone
Buy signal statusInactive
Score anatomy

No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.

ClusterNot calculated
Purchase sizeNot calculated
RoleNot calculated
RecencyNot calculated
ConvictionNot calculated

Why is there no score?

  • No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
  • Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.

Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
LeBlanc ClaudeChief Executive Officer
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Smith R SharonExec VP & Group COO
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Trick DavidExec VP, CFO & Treasurer
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

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Purchase breadth, concentration & cluster buying

These modules activate when qualifying purchases enter the 180-day research window.

SIGNAL HISTORY

No recorded active-signal snapshot

Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2026-01-02 · LeBlanc Claude.

Recent Form 4 activity

2Purchases
0Sales
22Other Form 4 lines
12SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING0 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING0 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER14 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot assessed

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context provides additional background on recent price performance and risk. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Price performance

1M
+2.4%
3M
-28.3%
6M
-0.4%
12M
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Volatility & liquidity

Volatility
68.5%
Beta
—
Avg daily value
—

Valuation

Market cap
—
P/E
—

Fundamentals

Profit margin
-103.1%
ROE
-36.2%
Industry
Insurance—Specialty

Market data

Price data up to: 2026-10-04 · Price source: OpenBB/yfinance · From SEC filings: Profit margin, ROE · Fiscal year ended: 2025-12-31 · Status: PASS

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
1,409,717
Previous report
1,736,370
Avg daily volume
467,756
Days to cover
3.0

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-01-02LeBlanc ClaudePurchase (P)Common Stock12,000USD 7.59USD 91,080SEC filing ↗
2025-11-12Smith R SharonPurchase (P)Common Stock20USD 10.25USD 205SEC filing ↗
2025-10-01LeBlanc ClaudePurchase (P)Common Stock25,000USD 8.54USD 213,500SEC filing ↗
2025-08-11LeBlanc ClaudePurchase (P)Common Stock25,000USD 7.03USD 175,750SEC filing ↗
2025-05-14Stein Jeffrey ScottPurchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share15,000USD 6.46USD 96,900SEC filing ↗
2025-05-14PRICE MICHAEL DPurchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share76,986USD 6.49USD 499,642SEC filing ↗
2025-05-14LeBlanc ClaudePurchase (P)Common Stock40,000USD 6.50USD 260,000SEC filing ↗
2024-09-27Matus Kristi AnnPurchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share6,300USD 11.16USD 70,308SEC filing ↗
2024-09-26Matus Kristi AnnPurchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share2,700USD 11.27USD 30,429SEC filing ↗
2024-08-08Smith R SharonPurchase (P)Common Stock1,100USD 10.64USD 11,704SEC filing ↗
2024-08-07Trick DavidPurchase (P)Common Stock3,700USD 10.76USD 39,827SEC filing ↗
2024-08-07Stein Jeffrey ScottPurchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share25,000USD 10.82USD 270,500SEC filing ↗
2024-08-07PRICE MICHAEL DPurchase (P)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share89,312USD 11.19USD 999,515SEC filing ↗
2024-08-07LeBlanc ClaudePurchase (P)Common Stock25,000USD 10.83USD 270,867SEC filing ↗
2024-08-07Ksenak Stephen MichaelPurchase (P)Common Stock5,000USD 11.00USD 55,000SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

24 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 438 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-03Trick DavidOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock3,047USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-10-03Trick DavidTax withholding (F)Common Stock3,047USD 4.60USD 14,016SEC filing ↗
2026-10-03Smith R SharonOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock2,539USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (22 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-03Trick DavidOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock3,047USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-10-03Trick DavidTax withholding (F)Common Stock3,047USD 4.60USD 14,016SEC filing ↗
2026-10-03Smith R SharonOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock2,539USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-10-03Smith R SharonTax withholding (F)Common Stock2,539USD 4.60USD 11,679SEC filing ↗
2026-10-03LeBlanc ClaudeOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock26,857USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-10-03LeBlanc ClaudeTax withholding (F)Common Stock20,059USD 4.60USD 92,271SEC filing ↗
2026-07-09Trick DavidOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock13,206USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-09Trick DavidTax withholding (F)Common Stock6,741USD 6.08USD 40,985SEC filing ↗
2026-07-09Smith R SharonOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock11,779USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-09Smith R SharonTax withholding (F)Common Stock4,635USD 6.08USD 28,181SEC filing ↗
2026-07-09LeBlanc ClaudeOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock39,380USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-07-09LeBlanc ClaudeTax withholding (F)Common Stock21,777USD 6.08USD 132,404SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10Ahn Cristina E.Option exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share835USD —USD —SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10Ahn Cristina E.Tax withholding (F)Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share203USD 4.90USD 995SEC filing ↗
2026-03-03Trick DavidOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock1,715USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-03Trick DavidTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,715USD 5.60USD 9,604SEC filing ↗
2026-03-03Smith R SharonOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock1,541USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-03Smith R SharonTax withholding (F)Common Stock1,541USD 5.60USD 8,630SEC filing ↗
2026-03-03LeBlanc ClaudeOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock24,548USD 0.00USD 0SEC filing ↗
2026-03-03LeBlanc ClaudeTax withholding (F)Common Stock10,694USD 5.60USD 59,886SEC filing ↗
2026-01-02LeBlanc ClaudePurchase (P)Common Stock12,000USD 7.59USD 91,080SEC filing ↗
2025-11-12Smith R SharonPurchase (P)Common Stock20USD 10.25USD 205SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerOSG
CIK0000874501
SectorFinancial Services
IndustryInsurance—Specialty Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC6351 Surety Insurance
ExchangeNYSE

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history438 transaction lines from 2020-01-02 to 2026-10-03
52 P purchase lines · 0 S sale lines · 386 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.